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Documente Cultură
Lecturer of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Cairo University - Fayoum branch
1. Introduction.
Egypt with its long distinctive history as the oldest civilization of the world and has hosted
most of other civilizations; has a unique historical patrimony of buildings and sites that are
considered a world heritage and need to be conserved. However, with the huge amount of
these historical building and sites, which need substantial investments for conservation, the
problem of prioritization comes on the surface. Cultural heritage assets must be ranked in
relative importance and conservation projects must be assessed according to actual social and
economic feasibility.
Conservation the urban heritage in our Egyptian context involves a wide range of actors;
governmental and non-governmental organization and private interests. However,
governments organizations as legitimate representatives of society, must act as responsible
custodians and supreme managers of our cultural patrimony. To perform this duty in a
sustainable manner, the state must set up the right strategies, balanced between development
and conservation, to incite, coordinate and implement the necessary conservation actions, and
to defend these actions against the interests of individuals. Furthermore, restoration of single
monuments without rehabilitating their historical environment and without supporting the
vital social and economic forces that sustain them would make little sense and would
eventually deprive the historic substance of its nutrients.
Therefor, conservation policy, to be successful, cannot be conceived in the abstract. It must
take into account and integrate as much as possible societys current aspirations and living
patterns. Therefore, The question, in which this paper tries to find an answer, is in what way
can more attention be given to the institutional aspects of conservation and rehabilitation
projects to advance the sustainability of these development programs? To answer this
question, a better understanding is needed of the different aspects of conservation &
rehabilitation of the urban heritage. Then analyze the different dimensions of the institutional
problems facing the conservation & rehabilitation.